Posted by Goro on 10/31/05 03:36

showtaper@hotmail.com wrote:
> Rich wrote:
> > HDTV sales in the U.S. to grow 71 percent by 2009
> >
> > Television manufacturers will see a surge in cumulative HDTV sales
> > over the next few years, which will boost the overall market value to
> > $65 billion by 2009, according to "Adoption of High-Definition TVs and
> > Services," a new study from Parks Associates.
>
> >BIG BORING SNIP<
>
> Yeah, it'll eventually be shoved down everybody's throats.
>
> The average monkey sitting at home doesn't give a shit about
> content or picture quality. They just want their TV valium......
>
> Will there be a government subsidy for the millions that can't
> afford this expensive new equipment?? HDTV is going nowhere
> until it is affordable to the masses.

uhm, scary that you mention that. Apparently, there WILL be several
hundreds of million $ allocated to supply people with HD2SD boxes so
taht they can watch digital tv on their analog sd tv sets in 2009 (or
whenever). I think the money for this is supposed to come from the
auctioning of the exisitng analog bandwidth.

I'll try to locate the link where i saw this.

-goro-

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